Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: transcribe
IPA transcription: [tɹænskɹ'aɪb]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: transcribe
    Meaning: write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"
  • Synonyms: transliterate, transcribe
    Meaning: rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
Usage examples
  • I transcribe it word for word:
  • "It becomes a difficult task to transcribe the easy transitions, full of an irresistible charm, with which he portrays Love's game.
  • He had been at the pains to transcribe the whole book, with blottings, interlineations, and corrections, that it might be shewn to several people as an original.
  • Of the abbess Gertrude we read that her enthusiasm for knowledge was so great that she not only inspired others with the same enthusiasm, but that she was an incessant collector of books, which she had her nuns transcribe.